Languages spoken in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

In October 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau released the "2009-2013 American Community Survey" which provides information on "languages spoken at home" and "ability to speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over" for the United States as a whole, states including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., selected counties, and selected cities and urban areas. The following provides aggregated survey information on languages spoken in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater [FL]

Table showing languages spoken in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Population 5 years and over
Speak only English at home
Speak a language other than English at home
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

French (incl. Patois, Cajun)

French Creole

Italian

Portuguese (incl. Portuguese Creole)

German (incl. Luxembourgian)

Yiddish

Other West Germanic languages

Scandinavian languages

Greek

Russian

Polish

Serbo-Croatian languages

Other Slavic languages

Other Indic languages

Other Indo-European languages

ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES

Chinese (incl. Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages)

Other Asian languages

Tagalog

Other Pacific Island languages

ALL OTHER LANGUAGES

Navajo

Other Native North American languages

Other and unspecified languages

BY STATE
BY COUNTY
BY CITY

Language	Number of speakers	Margin of Error	Speak English less than "Very Well"	Margin of Error
African	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Afrikaans	450	169	(D)	(D)
Albanian	2,095	634	1,130	407
American Indian	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Amharic	760	328	125	133
Bantu	115	114	60	72
Basque	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Bengali	1,395	384	315	124
Bisayan	290	156	170	112
Bulgarian	1,360	427	595	222
Burmese	245	174	130	138
Cajun	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Cantonese	615	307	260	160
Catalonian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Chadic	25	31	(B)	-
Chamorro	125	110	(B)	-
Cherokee	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Chinese	5,970	873	3,045	623
Cree	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Croatian	670	285	225	142
Cushite	70	76	(B)	-
Czech	850	220	165	115
Dakota	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Danish	305	86	60	40
Dutch	1,205	364	105	66
Efik	115	118	(B)	-
Finnish	125	74	80	63
Formosan	180	101	100	64
French	12,955	1,006	2,735	398
Fulani	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
German	12,105	1,089	1,905	305
Gondi	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Hawaiian	75	84	(B)	-
Icelandic	165	162	(D)	(D)
Ilocano	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
India nec3	895	486	200	155
Indonesian	470	288	245	209
Inupik	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Irish Gaelic	135	69	(B)	-
Jamaican Creole	295	196	160	139
Kannada	420	241	(B)	-
Karen	40	65	35	55
Kazakh	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Krio	50	62	(B)	-
Kru, Ibo, Yoruba	1,360	476	160	103
Kurdish	245	193	(D)	(D)
Latvian	210	156	100	97
Lithuanian	725	219	270	124
Macedonian	155	134	(D)	(D)
Malay	45	43	(B)	-
Malayalam	1,720	497	600	219
Mandarin	1,330	477	565	328
Marathi	595	263	105	79
Marquesan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Marshallese	55	74	(D)	(D)
Mayan languages	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Micronesian	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Misumalpan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Mokilese	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Munda	250	180	(B)	-
Muskogee	80	94	30	28
Nepali	265	197	115	85
Norwegian	270	97	40	38
Oriya	40	57	(B)	-
Oto - Manguen	15	26	15	26
Pakistan nec3	210	202	(D)	(D)
Panjabi	170	100	20	22
Papia Mentae	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Pashto	55	83	(D)	(D)
Passamaquoddy	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Patois	365	202	65	56
Ponapean	30	46	(B)	-
Portuguese	6,775	956	2,175	439
Romanian	750	253	200	103
Romany	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Samoan	60	56	(D)	(D)
Sebuano	285	206	90	83
Serbian	1,175	337	490	190
Serbocroatian	4,330	924	1,945	540
Sindhi	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Sinhalese	335	221	135	107
Slovak	315	116	130	76
Slovene	25	25	25	25
Spanish	338,835	3,740	132,300	2,856
Swahili	345	186	60	69
Swedish	440	155	85	54
Syriac	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Tamil	1,485	408	285	134
Telugu	2,285	505	505	234
Tongan	(D)	(D)	(B)	-
Turkish	1,085	363	415	191
Ukrainian	890	324	295	163
Uncodable	40	33	(B)	-
Welsh	25	23	(B)	-
African languages	2,822	667	423	175
Arabic	9,829	1,246	2,992	553
Armenian	130	79	42	53
Chinese (incl Cantonese, Mandarin, other Chinese languages4)	8,091	1,028	3,968	716
French (incl Patois, Cajun)	13,334	1,027	2,799	402
French Creole	8,863	1,120	3,572	646
German (incl Luxembourgian)	12,103	1,089	1,905	305
Greek	9,212	965	2,574	407
Gujarati	4,595	743	1,003	316
Hebrew	1,142	474	196	85
Hindi	3,398	673	512	201
Hmong	826	586	250	187
Hungarian	1,629	374	527	172
Italian	8,145	705	2,010	312
Japanese	1,537	316	549	169
Korean	3,852	681	1,540	334
Laotian	2,069	593	1,224	455
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian	709	238	458	185
Navajo	24	32	(B)	-
Other and unspecified languages	229	100	91	68
Other Asian languages	7,566	993	1,969	432
Other Indic languages	3,926	896	927	289
Other Indo-European languages	4,607	830	1,937	509
Other Native North American languages	216	129	90	72
Other Pacific Island languages	1,552	416	569	269
Other Slavic languages	3,591	574	1,236	340
Other West Germanic languages	1,657	384	113	69
Persian	1,522	404	498	201
Polish	4,832	725	2,151	507
Population 5 years and over	2,661,717	147	187,828	3,326
Portuguese (incl Portuguese Creole)	6,784	954	2,176	439
Russian	4,364	846	1,613	456
Scandinavian languages	1,179	305	203	80
Serbo-Croatian languages	6,174	993	2,658	569
Tagalog	8,003	822	2,002	442
Thai	1,690	371	1,164	289
Urdu	1,787	506	386	150
Vietnamese	14,243	1,367	9,117	1,012
Yiddish	119	85	86	80
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES	15,891	1,574	4,319	588
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES	50,138	1,739	22,810	1,274
OTHER INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES	100,322	3,307	28,401	1,497
SPANISH AND SPANISH CREOLE	338,833	3,740	132,298	2,856
Speak a language other than English at home	505,184	5,583	187,828	3,326
Speak only English at home	2,156,533	5,578	(X)	(X)

Notes

Number of speakers and Speak English less than "Very Well": Detailed-language estimates are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Aggregate estimates ("language category" and "language sub-category" entries) are unrounded and appear in table B16001. Detailed-language estimates may not sum to aggregate estimates because of rounding.
Margin of Error and Margin of Error: Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data. The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.
(D): Data withheld to avoid disclosure.
(B): Either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
(X): Question does not apply.
-: Either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3 N.E.C. stands for not elsewhere classified. These are languages where respondents indicated they spoke either Indian or Pakistan. For Indian, it cannot be determined if the respondent spoke a native American language or spoke a language from India. For Pakistan, respondents wrote in Pakistan but it cannot be determined which one of the languages spoken in Pakistan is actually being spoken. To distinguish these languages, n.e.c. is used to indicated they are not classified in any other language code.
This category includes literal write-ins of Chinese as well as Hakka, Kan, Hsiang, Cantonese, Mandarin, Fuchow, Formosan, and Wu.